Shoe-holder



(Men W. P. HOLLIDAY.

SHOE HOLDER.

No. 255,986. Patented Apr. 4,1882.

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l/VILLIAM P. HOLLIDAY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SHOE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 255,986, dated April4,1882.

' Application filed February 21, 1881. (ModeL) T 0 all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. HOLLIDAY, of Detroit, county of WVayne,State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement inShoe-Holders; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a device for a COlllbined boot and shoe fastenerand box-knob, used to hold a sample on the outside of a box, and at thesame time capable of being used as a knob or handle for drawing the boxout or lifting it down from a shelf.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device. Fig. 2 is areverse of the same. Fig.3 is a view of my device, showing the separateparts.

In the drawings, A is a bed-piece, composed of a broad plate, B,provided with the screwholes a a, and cheek-piece A, extendingrearwardly from a point near one side of said plate, and having a lug,b, projecting from its tip at its lower edge.

G is a cylindrical stud, about which a spring, 0, is coiled, as shown inFig. 1, and from the end ofthis stud projects a pivot-pin, as clearlyshown in Fig. 3. The bed-piece is cast of metal, with the stud O andpivot-pin all in one piece.

The bed-piece is cast with the barrel and rivet all in a single piece,as shown in Fig. 1. That portion from which the barrel and rivet projectis located at one side of a central longitudinal line, so that when themovablejawpiece is attached the two will form a symmetrical structure,disposed about equally upon bot-l1 sides of said longitudinal line.

E is a movable jaw-piece, having a cheekpiece, E, extending at a rightangle from one side. It is surmounted with a knob or handle, E and arivet-hole, E is provided, through which the rivet D may be passed andheaded down.

A suitable seat may be formed beneath the handle at c for receiving theupper end of the spring 0, and shoulder or lug b, cast upon thebed-piece, receives the lower end of the spring.

The griping-surface of one or both of the jaws may be faced withleather, rubber, felt, 8.70., to preventthejaws from rubbing or abradingthe surface of the shoe that is being held by the device.

The knob is preferably cast with the movablejaw-piece; but, ifdesired,itmay be made separate, of porcelain, metal, or other material, andfastened thereto.

It will be observed that this structure enables me to make the wholedeviceof two castings; also, that the parts may be united by simplyapplying one to the side of the other and heading the rivet D. Thespring is also of the simplest and most eflicient character.

The parts of the device are of such construction that no drilling nordressing is required; but the castings may be at once fastened togetherin the condition they come from the mold, unless they be firstjapanned.

Vrhat I claim is In a shoe-holder, the combination of the bed-piececomposed of the broad plate B, provided with screw-holes a a, andcheek-piece A, having lug b, and a stud, (3, having a pivotpin, D,projecting therefrom, of thejaw-pieoe E, provided with the knob, and acheek-piece, E, which is pivoted upon said pivot-pin, and the spring 0,coiled around said stud O, and having one end bearing upon the upperside of the lug b and the other end bearing against the under side ofthe jaw-piece in the rear or its pivotal point, as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM P. HOLLIDAY. Witnesses:

ALBERT M. HENRY, O. G. PAGE.

